Type holding chase



Sept. 4, 1934.` F. H. PoEPPELMr-:IER 1,972,106

TYPE HOLDING CHASE Filed Oct. 20. 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l tlm I l .jm

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TYPEHoLDlNG CHASE Filed ot. 2o; 1932 2 sheets-sheet 2 Patented Sept. 4, 1934 1,972,106v TYPE Homme CHASE Frank H. Poeppelmeier, Euclid Ohio, assi or to Set-O-Type Manufacturing Company, g.leveland, hio, a corporation of Delaware Application October 20, 1932, Serial No. 638,702 .Y

Claims. (Cl. 101-375) This invention relates to a exible type chase of the character which is adapted to carry a page form of individual type of low height and grooved in its opposite .sides and mounted between paral- 'i lel ledges on the chase. Such a chase may be mounted on-a rotary segment oron a flat support for printing, a'nd may be filed away in substantially nat form.

The general object of the `invention is to pro- 10 vide a chase of the character describedV so constructed that it may be very economically manufactured and willbe eiicient in service. The abilfor the proper positioning and holding of the type vl5 therein', and for the mounting of the chase on a printing drum or flat support are also features' of my invention.

. To the above end, I have provided a chasemade up of a series of sheetmetal members bent into 2o channel shape with their edges projecting towardeach other and then downwardly to provide split tubes formed to receive and effectively hold type grooved on its opposite sides, these tubes being placed side by side and caused to form a blanket by flat strips which pass through slits in the side walls of the tube adjacentthe base, so that the strips contact with the bases.

Beyond the outside tubular holders of the blanket, I provide suitable means to engage suchextreme members and hold the entire set of tubes compactly, one against the other. This compacting means may comprise a cross-bar riveted to the strips and preferably vprovided with graduations to aid inthe proper location of the Ytype in the chase. f f l In place of the graduated cross-bar riveted to the longitudinal strips I may, lif desired, form stops byturning inwardly the end portions of the strips to abut the outer sides of the two extreme tubular` holders, this feature being particularly useful where a small'chase is made up Vadapted to be placed on a block andmountedas apart of a flat printing form.

, To assist in the ready mounting of the type within the channels of the chase, I taper the eX- treme ends of the inwardly and downwardly projecting flanges of the holders. 4 I provide slits through the side walls of the holders adjacent the ends and a considerable distance above, the bottom, these slits in the respective holders aligning with each other to provide a passageway transversely ofthe holders'and beyond the region to be occupiedby thev type;v this passageway is thus IadaptedtoJ-receive a 'thin strip of metal passed through the 4openings andserving as a stop to the diierent lines at that edge of the form.

My invention comprises the means by which I carry out the above features, or any of them, as hereinafter more fully explained and as summarized in the claims.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is an end elevation of my flexible'chase in its curved form suitable for mounting on a semi-circular segment; Fig. 2 is a plan ofY the same in iiattened form ready for mounting on a flatbed or for ling; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan of aportion of the chase in flattened form; Fig. 4 is a cross-section, on enlarged scale, on the line 4 4 on Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a sectionat right angles to Fig. 4, as indicated by the 7o line 5-5 on Fig. 4; Fig. 6 is a plan of a small size at chase suitable for mounting as an insert; Fig. 7 is a cross-section on the line 7-7 of Fig. 5; Fig.-8 is a perspective, partly in section of one of the tubular holders; Fig. 9 is a plan of 75 the end portion of one'of vthe holders. Interme- 'l diate portions are omitted in Figs. 1, 2 and 6 for simplicity of illustration.

The tubular type holding members 10, constituting the body of my chase, are of the form shown in cross-section in Figs. 4 and 7 and in perspective in Fig. 8. TheseV tubular members have flat bases 11-from which rise sides 12 at right angles to the base, and at thetop of these sides are inwardly extending ledges 13, from the inner edges of which flanges 14 depend toward the base. vThis makes in effect a split tube substantially rectangular in cross-section with a slot along the top and guiding edges on opposite sides of the slot, which, by reason of the .down-turned portions 14have a materially greater up and i down dimension than the thickness of the metal. Such a tube is adapted to receive and eiectively hold type of the form indicated at A in Fig. 4, such type being on the market for use in multi- $5 graph machines.- Y

To enable the type to. be readily slid into the channels of the tubes, I taper the ends of the top ledges 13 and the downturned iianges 14 as shown at 16 and 17in Figs. 5, 8 and 9.

The various tubular members l0 are placed side by sideiin contact with` each other and are held in place -by strips of metal 20, which pass through slits 18, formed in the sidewalls 12 of themem- 105 bers directly abovethe base, so that each strip 20 lies in contact with the bases 11 of ,the members, as shown in Figs. 4 and 7.

The collection of tubular members mounted on the strips 20is preferably held permanently com- A1.10

scale is shown as effected by graduations `32,

formed on the upper surface of the bars. "Ighis is very useful for tabular work, enabling the's'pacing of the type, after it has been-placedin the chase, into columns, as desired.

`The strips 20 may be formed with means for at-f tachment to a segment or other support. To this end I have shown these strips at one endas bent-` back on themselves to provide hooks 222, and at' the other end as having slots 23, though other means of attachment mayfbe'used. f

In place of holding the tubular members o the strips compacted by crossxbars, I may effect the result by bending back the upper portiorrof the strips themselves, as indicated in '.Figs. l5 and '7. VIn this case, the stiff bent-over end 25 of the strip 20 abuts the outer wall 12 of the `endrnost split tube 10 and thus locks the construction'into a compact blanket. 'This form 'is particularly suitablefor comparatively small insert .Work where it is desirable to make upa chase adapted to carry a number of lines-of type, ythe whole to be mounted in a larger printing iormi,'though,

if desired, this same methodof binding the strips to the tubular holders mightbe employed in largesized chases.V A i The clearance ofthe strips 20 with the slits 18 is exaggerated inl'igs. 4 and, 7 of the drawings. In practice, the openings 18 throughfthe side walls are of suchV size that thestripsrZO easily Iit the openings. This-enables theconvenient as# semblage of the parts-to form the blanket and in. sures the tubular members being effectively held in position against shifting in any direction. n

It is desirable to provide means toform a stop at one end of the V.chase to cause the page form to align at that edge. -Forthispurpose Imake slits 19 through the side walls 12Lof the `tubular members near the ends thereof Aand. aconsider# able distance above the base'. 'Iheses'lits areiocated beyond the region of the vtube occupiedby the type, and thus form an unobstructed passageway leading from one end of the blanketrto vthe other. Through this passageway may' passftheV thin, flat,Y flexible strip 40 (Figs. 2, f5, Sand 7); rlhis Astrip is preferably tapered at its end Vand is pliable; and there is suiiicient clearance'so that it may be readily shoved intoplace. Y- If the stopping strip 40 is usedonlyfon one 'edge of the chase, that is, the edge ycorresponding to the left-hand edge of a printed page, where the `beginnings of the ty-pe lines align, this lstrip may be left in the' chase as a permanent -s'topi At the other side :of the page, unless` the matter is justified, the lines willlendV in various regions and maybe stopped by inserted plugs inlthe usual manner. j When the matter `is to befjustified a strip may be inserted at the otherY side ofthe chase,'after the type is mounted thereon, and forni a straight single stop at that edge;

Iclairn:`4 Y

1. The combination-of a .series of'line holders held in compacted relationship, side bysidaeach line holder having upwardly extending side walls',

members engaging the channel members,

member, andadapted'to carry type-in longitudinarrow inwardly extending top portions leaving a space between them, and downwardly extending flanges at the inner edges of the top portion.

2. The combination of a series of line holders side by sidefeach line holder comprising a split tube' having a base, side walls and narrow top portions extending vinwardly from the:` side walls andthen turning downwardly to provideg'uiding edges spaced apart and of greater effective height than the thickness of the metal, and holding devices passing through a succession of line holders.

3.- A'typechase comprising a series of channel membersmounted side by side and transverse -each channel member having ledges at the top and depending edge anges atlthe inner edges of the ledges, there being space betweenA the depending 'flanges and space between the lower ends of the flanges and the base of the channel member."V y i "4.A type chase comprising a seriesol." split tubes mounted side by side, eachrsubstantially rectangular in lcross-section, each tube having at its topy inwardlyprojectlng ledgesterminting inY downwardly. extending ilanges projecting into the tube, the ends offtheledges beingtapered.'

5'. A type chase comprising a seriesbt split tubes-'mounted side by side, eaehfftube` having at-its-top mwardlyprojecting ledges terminating in downwardly extending flanges projecting `into the tube, the ends of the'ledgesfand flanges being tapered u "c v6. A type' chase'comprisinga sries ot'tubular type holders,` -eacheomprising a. split tube olf substantially rectangular form in cnosseaetion. the sides of adjacent tubes being contiguous, slits formed 4through the sidesot the tubes adjacent their bottoms, strips passing through registering slits 'of the tubes and against therbot- 115 toms,` and means mounted on the strips {erpreventing the tubes'shifting on the strips when the chase is'unmounted.- s Y z `'7. A type chase comprising 'aser-ies of channel members-having inwardly projectingledges at 1.20 thetopand spaced apart to provide a channel for the reception .of the' type Shanks with the over# hanging head` ofthe type resting on'theledge, and strips passed through the channel memberi abovetheir bases, bars extending iensthwiseof the channel members, and .engaging ltheoutermoet ones and secured tothe strips to .hold the inv compacted. rdation, whether the chase is mounted orrunmounied. lthe strips extending beyond the bars to provide means for .mounting thechase f 1' 8. A vtype chase comprising a. serie's'ot split tubes ofA approximately rectangular crossesection adapted to rest bases-on s. `euppllting nal vopenings in'their top,`slits through the side walls of the tubes just above the bases, and strips passing through the slits and bearing against the bases having provision at its ends for attachment to'. 'a supporting member, 'and means, for locking the tubes in place `on the Qst'ripsyto retain ,the .chase Compactedgwhether Vvmounted orv rimaund.; Y l 9.1 1he'combinati0n of `a series `o1 'lineholders side by sidaeach lineholder .commisins a split v.tuneyvith ,side walls connected by a continuous substantially hat base adapted to engage y a Suppen `find e lengiwdieeuil--Slbifd www through Athe side waugorthe ,tubeandstwxf is@ and their overhanging heads resting on the ledges, strips passed through the side walls and engaging the bases of the tubes and transverse bars extending lengthwise of the channel member and each permanently secured to the strips and bearing against the outermost tubular members.

FRANK H. POEPPELMEIER. 

